Erva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ER-va
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Erva is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “souls, spirits”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Erva mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Arabic arwah, plural of ruh 'soul'
“souls, spirits”
Is Erva a girl's or a boy's name?
Erva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Erva, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Erva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Erva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
Names like Erva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Etta, Eva, Ada, Clara, Elsie, Cora, Rosa, Lola, Matilda, Ella, Flora, Florence
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Erva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erva, updated 20 October 2026.